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Mar 4, 2020

One gene to rule them all in a chronic brain infection

Posted by in category: neuroscience

A gene has been found that controls the conversion of the parasite Toxoplasma gondii into a form that chronically infects the human brain. The discovery could aid the design of therapies to eliminate this currently untreatable infection. A transcription factor controls Toxoplasma gondii differentiation.

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